# dancing with the stars (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover dancing with the stars. Page: Feed: --- ## [Warning - Danger - MASSIVE BLACK HOLE APPROACHING and Stew wants to chuck YOUR life savings straight into it - Please learn the lessons of the Dugdale debacle and ca' canny this time](http://scotgoespop.blogspot.com/2026/08/warning-danger-massive-black-hole.html) _2026-08-22 · James Kelly · SCOT goes POP!_ Probably because I grew up during the period in which the Guildford Four and the Birmingham Six were released, I've always been deeply troubled by the persistent recurrence of severe miscarriages of justice and the utter failure of the criminal justice system to learn lessons from past catastrophic mistakes. As long-term readers may know, I'm inclined to the view that Lucy Letby is probably… ## [Concerns mount that the "Scottish Daily Express" may be written by clueless Home Counties toffs, as paper launches bizarre crusade to stamp out the name Queensferry Bothy "because it's Gaelic"](http://scotgoespop.blogspot.com/2026/08/concerns-mount-that-scottish-daily.html) _2026-08-22 · James Kelly · SCOT goes POP!_ If it wasn't so outrageous, the latest anti-Gaelic rant from the Scottish Daily Express would be hysterically funny. The paper reports that "one Holyrood source" (translation: an unspecified Tory or Reform MSP) has claimed that taxpayers' money has been wasted on a Gaelic rebrand of the Holyrood food areas in order to "appease the nationalists", which conjures up images of John Swinney invading… ## [Douglas Alexander tacitly admits the choice for Labour is: a) change course on independence, or b) keep losing elections (and we already know it's b) because of the leadership contest stitch-up)](http://scotgoespop.blogspot.com/2026/08/douglas-alexander-tacitly-admits-choice.html) _2026-08-21 · James Kelly · SCOT goes POP!_ My seven-day conventional text-blogging blitz to help promote my Ko-Fi fundraising page is now over, and it certainly wasn't a waste of time because it led to several new sign-ups as recurring monthly supporters, plus several hundred pounds in one-off donations. However, I did fall well short of my target of reaching 60 monthly subscribers, and also a reasonable way short of the target of £1500 in… ## [YouGov poll suggests Andy Burnham is faring about as well in Scotland as the Romans and Edward II did](http://scotgoespop.blogspot.com/2026/08/yougov-poll-suggests-andy-burnham-is.html) _2026-08-19 · James Kelly · SCOT goes POP!_ History doesn't record whether the Roman Emperor tried to win over the reluctant Caledonian tribes by setting up a "Senate North" somewhere really northern and close to them (like Milan), but even if he did it plainly didn't do the trick. Judging from the latest Scottish subsample from YouGov, Andy Burnham is proving to be a similar flop Beyond The Wall. However, he's not doing all that well… ## [Liberation Scotland's wish to disenfranchise one million "incomers" - isn't that a rather sinister echo of Reform UK's language about deporting "strangers"?](http://scotgoespop.blogspot.com/2026/08/liberation-scotlands-wish-to.html) _2026-08-17 · James Kelly · SCOT goes POP!_ I was thinking of writing a blogpost tonight about the latest chapter in Stew's prolonged temper tantrum about the Crown Office and Police Scotland impertinently refusing to accept that he is their Overlord and that they must defer to instructions from him (he's called his latest article 'The Land Of Do-As-You-Please', but 'The Land In Which Stew Is Not Actually Il Duce' might have been more apt).… ## ["Yeah, you know that John Major guy? The Council of Europe FORCED him to give Scotland devolution. He only did it because they MADE him. FACT" - How Sara Salyers wrecked Salvo's credibility yesterday by trotting out a nutty, long-debunked claim](http://scotgoespop.blogspot.com/2026/08/yeah-you-know-that-john-major-guy.html) _2026-08-17 · James Kelly · SCOT goes POP!_ As I said in a recent video , I've tried hard to remain open-minded about Salvo's approach to independence campaigning - not because I think there's the remotest chance of them achieving their stated objective of "decolonising Scotland via the UN", but because I can see how their unusual strategy might yield side-benefits that are distinct from that stated objective. Those side-benefits mainly… ## [Some free - and mostly sincere - advice for Scottish Labour](http://scotgoespop.blogspot.com/2026/08/some-free-and-mostly-sincere-advice-for.html) _2026-08-16 · James Kelly · SCOT goes POP!_ Scottish Labour have finally learned the lessons of two decades of defeats and realised what they need is another soul-crushing machine politician from Lanarkshire that no-one has ever heard of. Better late than never. https://t.co/4i1D5Labcq — James Kelly (@JamesKelly) August 16, 2026 I'm sure all of us sometimes make exaggerated or over-simplified criticisms of unionist organisations for… ## [Stew reacts badly to poll showing the SNP with a double-digit lead over Labour - let's fact-check his meltdown](http://scotgoespop.blogspot.com/2026/08/stew-reacts-badly-to-poll-showing-snp.html) _2026-08-15 · James Kelly · SCOT goes POP!_ The controversial Faragist blogger Stuart Campbell, known almost universally as "Stew", urged his followers to help elect a Labour government at the 2024 general election on a tactical anti-SNP basis. It's unsurprising, then, that he hasn't coped at all well with the news that the SNP remain well ahead of both Labour and his beloved Reform UK in the first full-scale Scottish poll of the Burnham… ## [Seven Days Of Retro Scot Goes Pop - a marathon of conventional text-blogging with comment pre-moderation switched OFF - yes, it's the fundraising gimmick to end them all - it's going to be mayhem - you asked for it, you've got it, so strap yourselves in and prepare for the consequences](http://scotgoespop.blogspot.com/2026/08/seven-days-of-retro-scot-goes-pop.html) _2026-08-14 · James Kelly · SCOT goes POP!_ Click here to go straight to my Ko-Fi donation page. Those of you who have been keeping an eye on the footer of each post will know I've been making slow but steady progress towards using Ko-Fi to make it sustainable for me to continue creating regular content. Ko-Fi is a basically a no-frills equivalent of Patreon that allows people to either set up small recurring monthly payments, or to make… ## [Analysis of the very strange Clacton by-election result](http://scotgoespop.blogspot.com/2026/08/analysis-of-very-strange-clacton-by.html) _2026-08-14 · James Kelly · SCOT goes POP!_ Just a quick note to let you know that I was up early this morning to write an analysis piece about the Clacton by-election result for The National, and you can read it HERE . I know that Reform have been putting the idea about that Count Binface is an unfunny tool of the establishment, but I think it's beyond dispute that he provided at least three moments of true genius over recent days, albeit… ## [Auto-trade Cross-Exchange Gaps (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/v1HYyH9wgoX0) _2026-08-14 · **Sponsored**_ Find cross-exchange spreads, backtest strategies, and execute automatically with risk controls. ## [The Scottish REVOLUTION! Almost half of Scottish voters demand U.D.I. in history-making poll](http://scotgoespop.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-scottish-revolution-almost-half-of.html) _2026-08-13 · James Kelly · SCOT goes POP!_ I now have seventeen regular monthly Ko-Fi supporters, thanks to another recent sign-up. I reckon if I could get up to several dozen monthly supporters that would make it sustainable for me to keep making content. If you'd like to help inch me closer to that target, please visit my Ko-Fi page HERE . Remember that if a recurring monthly donation isn't suitable, the page also accepts one-off… ## [Analysis of the first full-scale poll of Scottish voting intentions for Westminster of the Burnham era](http://scotgoespop.blogspot.com/2026/08/analysis-of-first-full-scale-poll-of.html) _2026-08-13 · James Kelly · SCOT goes POP!_ Just a quick note to let you know I have a new article in The National about the freshly-released Westminster numbers from the paper's Find Out Now poll, which show: SNP 29%, Labour 18%, Reform UK 17%, Greens 10%, Liberal Democrats 10%, Conservatives 10% . You can read the article HERE . ## [Scotland wants OUT of Burnham's United Kingdom PRISON, shows dramatic independence poll](http://scotgoespop.blogspot.com/2026/08/scotland-wants-out-of-burnhams-united.html) _2026-08-11 · James Kelly · SCOT goes POP!_ An audio podcast version of the above video can be heard HERE , and will soon be available on Apple Podcasts HERE . I now have sixteen regular monthly Ko-Fi supporters - many thanks to them all. I reckon if I could get up to several dozen monthly supporters that would make it sustainable for me to keep making content. If you'd like to help inch me closer to that target, please visit my Ko-Fi page…